Recollections of Italy, England and America, with essays on various subjects, in morals and literature

by de Chateaubriand, rancois, uguste, Vicomte

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First edition

London: Henry Colburn, Public Library, Conduit Street, Hanover Square, 1815. First edition in English, 8vo, 2 volumes, pp. xii, 258; 4 , 314, 2 ads; a very good, sound and pleasing copy in original drab boards, printed paper labels on spines. Enthusiastic account of Rome and Naples, with much on Vesuvius, written by the Comte during his visit to Italy in 1803. The sections on America, dealing largely with the native Americans, occupy the last third of

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